Innlandet · Norway
Where to stay in Hamar
Hamar is a city in Innlandet, Norway, home to about 34,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Hamar, with about 135 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June
- Nearest airport
- OSL67 km · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Hamar
Hamar Municipality is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedmarken.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Hamar
See
- Vikingskipet
- Domkirkeodden
- Railway Museum
- The Norwegian Emigrant Museum
- The Kirsten Flagstad Museum
- Vang church at Ridabu
- Hamar cathedral
Do
- HamKam
- Ankerskogen swimming hall
- Koigen
- Skibladner
- Gåsbu / Vangsåsa
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Hamar
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Astoria hotel | 135 |
| Thon Hotel Victoria Hamar hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Hamar
1 hotel within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Norge Høsbjør | 11.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Hamar
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hamar are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 90 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Hamar: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL), about 67 km from the city centre in a straight line; Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR, 103 km) and Torsby Airport (TYF, 127 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Take the E6 national highway north from Oslo. Takes approximately 1.5 hours. From Oslo Airport it takes an hour. Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) is Norway's largest airport, located in Gardermoen, 90 km south of Hamar. Direct flights are available from 107 airports, including 24 airports in Norway. The largest airlines in Norway, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Norwegian Air Shuttle, operate direct flights from many U.S., European and Norwegian destinations to Oslo Airport, as well as large domestic networks.
Getting around
There are five bus lines in the city, going from the suburbs and through the city centre. The cost is 33 kr for a single ticket if you buy on the bus. Taxis are expensive. The minimum charge in Hamar is at least 97 kr, increasing to 141 kr late at weekend nights. The phone number for Hedmark Taxi is 03650.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
SCR · Scandinavian Mountains Airport
TYF · Torsby Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Hamar
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Questions
Hamar: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Hamar?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hamar are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 90 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Hamar?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL), about 67 km from the city centre in a straight line; Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR, 103 km) and Torsby Airport (TYF, 127 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Hamar?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Hamar?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Hamar
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.